Zechariah 8:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the seed shall be prosperous;e the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. ”

• Zechariah 8:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For the seed shall be peace - o “Your seed shall be peace and a blessing, so that they will call it ‘a seed of peace.’” The unusual construction is perhaps adopted, in order to suggest a further...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Zechariah 8:4 f. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympat...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the seed shall be , &c. Ref to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 28:3-12 ). App-92. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndefon (App-6). combined with Figure of speech Anabasis (App-6), ground ....

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Here Zechariah promises the continuance of God’s favor, which the Jews had now begun to taste. God then had in part openly showed that he was a Father to the Jews, by dealing liberally with the...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For the seed shall be prosperous— For the seed shall be sown in peace. Houbigant.

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Reiteration of God's Promises concerning Jerusalem The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3 ). God ha...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For the seed... prosperous. — Comp. the Syriac, “for the seed shall be peace.” Better, as in margin, For the seed of peace — viz., “the vine,” which is so called because it can flourish only in t...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Truth and Love Must Prevail Zechariah 8:1-17 In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men and women w...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only th...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of host...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the seed [shall be] prosperous ,.... Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas before, though they sowed much, it came to little, Haggai 1:6 :...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But now I will not be as in the former days But now, seeing that ye have proceeded in rebuilding my temple, I will order, by my divine providence, that things shall happen otherwise to you than the...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Positive Answer (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question of Zechariah 7:2 . The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective wo...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517.       9 Thus saith the L ORD of hosts; Let your hands be...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  For the seed, which before brought nothing, or very little, forth, shall now prosper into a plentiful harvest, such as Zechariah 3:10 . The vine shall give her fruit: this was very much the we...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Restoration of God's People Is At Hand ( Zechariah 8:9-17 ). God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking it, but He wants them to know that He is now giving them ano...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 8:9 .] Adversity followed neglect of duty, now blessings promised to create courage. Hands ] With such bright prospects be energetic and active ( 2 Samuel 16:21 )....

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Zechariah 8:1-2 . Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Beca...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 8:2 . I was jealous for Zion with great fury, to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days The danger of resistance to the Divine messages It is a decisive evidence of sound wisdom to profit by the faults, t...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Zechariah 8:1-38 § 4. The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace. Zechariah 8:1 Again ; rather, and...

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• Zechariah 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Restoration Described

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• Zechariah 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 3:21 ; 1 Kings 17:1 ; Amos 9:13-15 ; Deuteronomy 28:4-12 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Deuteronomy 33:13 ; Deuteronomy 33:28 ; Ezekiel 34:26 ; Ezekiel 34:27 ; Ezekiel 36:12 ; Ezekiel...

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